ColinRowntree
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Hi all,
I am gong to build a rudder for my 1936 OT Yankee. Just got off the phone with Bob at Springield Centerbioard and he is selling me the pintles and gudgeons.
As i do a lot of shallow water travel over rock bottoms on local rivers here, i need to make a kickup rudder. I found pretty much exactly what I want on a thread here but with little detals as to width of the rudder stock, need for feathering, etc.
Here are the two photos on that thread, with the onlly details being:
"Here are pictures of the OT rudder which I altered to kick-up. I cut the side cheeks out of sheet brass, which I found I could cut on a wood-cutting band saw. The rudder has both pull-up and haul-down lines."
Anyone have any advice on this project? I'm doing it from scratch with no plans or template. Just me, a bandsaw, lots of hand tools and an enthusiastic outlook!
Thanks!
Colin
I am gong to build a rudder for my 1936 OT Yankee. Just got off the phone with Bob at Springield Centerbioard and he is selling me the pintles and gudgeons.
As i do a lot of shallow water travel over rock bottoms on local rivers here, i need to make a kickup rudder. I found pretty much exactly what I want on a thread here but with little detals as to width of the rudder stock, need for feathering, etc.
Here are the two photos on that thread, with the onlly details being:
"Here are pictures of the OT rudder which I altered to kick-up. I cut the side cheeks out of sheet brass, which I found I could cut on a wood-cutting band saw. The rudder has both pull-up and haul-down lines."
Anyone have any advice on this project? I'm doing it from scratch with no plans or template. Just me, a bandsaw, lots of hand tools and an enthusiastic outlook!
Thanks!
Colin